Behaviour Interactive introduced its latest Dead by Daylight Chapter this week with the reveal of Descend Beyond, a Chapter that’ll add a brand new Killer and Survivor to the game with their very own distinctive powers and perks. That new Killer is a personality beforehand named Talbot Grimes who’s now often called “The Blight,” and becoming a member of the game reverse the brand new Killer is a Survivor named Felix Richter. Both have been welcomed to Dead by Daylight in a trailer launched on Wednesday that detailed how every of the characters will work. This reveal follows a teaser from August that hinted at what sort of Killer we’d get subsequent.
As gamers guessed based mostly on what was seen prior to now teaser, the brand new Chapter is an authentic one, not a licensed DLC. The Blight is the character we noticed creeping across the nook within the teaser and has been confirmed to be a chemist pushed mad by stolen work and forbidden data discovered solely within the Entity’s playground. Felix Richter on the facet of the Survivors is a gifted and resourceful architect who was introduced into the Entity’s realm after looking out an island for hints of his father.
“The Blight, a bright and ambitious chemist who sought to enhance humanity through the use of his compounds, only to become a victim of his own ambitions, is the new Killer,” Behaviour Interactive stated concerning the new Killer. “After his research was stolen, The Blight was lured into the Realm of the Entity by the promise of new, forbidden knowledge. The new survivor is Felix Richter, an eccentric architect with a unique vision. Returning to the mysterious island where his father had disappeared, Felix descended into the darkness beyond and was never seen again.”
Capitalizing on the chemist theme, The Blight’s energy is Blighted Corruption which causes his serum to fill his physique and imbue him with particular skills referred to as Rush and Lethal Rush. The first of these permits him to rapidly sprint ahead in no matter route he’s aiming, however you possibly can’t situation an assault. Instead, your purpose is to slam into an impediment. Doing so will permit you to use Lethal Rush, a second sprint which may finish in an assault.
The Blight’s perks are Dragon’s Grip, Hex: Undying, and Hex: Blood Favor. Dragon’s Grip afflicts turbines after The Blight damages them which causes Survivors to be Exposed after they work together with the generator, Hex: Undying reveals Survivors’ auras after they’re close to a totem and may bounce to a brand new totem beneath sure circumstances, and Hex: Blood Favor blocks close by pallets from getting used after a Survivor is hit.
Felix Richter has his personal perks he brings to the game for he and different Survivors to grasp. His Visionary perk reveals turbines’ areas inside a brief vary, Desperate Measures will increase his therapeutic and unhooking velocity for every broken or hooked Survivor, and his Built to Last perk will replenish an merchandise’s costs as soon as per game.
The new Dead by Daylight Chapter is coming quickly, however a launch date has not but been given.
